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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (8385)2/7/2012 3:47:56 PM
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Hard to answer because for me, the evolutionary process, while real enough, doesn't necessarily exclude a creator. I am more in the frame of mind of Scientist Stephen Gould who wrote that Science and Religion are non-overlapping magisteria. From the Wiki site on Gould:


Main article: Non-overlapping magisteria
In his book Rocks of Ages (1999), Gould put forward what he described as "a blessedly simple and entirely conventional resolution to...the supposed conflict between science and religion." [78] He defines the term magisterium as "a domain where one form of teaching holds the appropriate tools for meaningful discourse and resolution." [78] The non-overlapping magisteria (NOMA) principle therefore divides the magisterium of science to cover "the empirical realm: what the Universe is made of (fact) and why does it work in this way (theory). The magisterium of religion extends over questions of ultimate meaning and moral value. These two magisteria do not overlap, nor do they encompass all inquiry." [78] He suggests that "NOMA enjoys strong and fully explicit support, even from the primary cultural stereotypes of hard-line traditionalism" and that NOMA is "a sound position of general consensus, established by long struggle among people of goodwill in both magisteria." [78] This view has not been without criticism, however. In his book The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins argues that this division is not quite as simple as it seems, as few religions exist without miracles impinging on the scientific magisterium, and that NOMA is an implicit endorsement that religion has a magisterium, which he strongly opposes.
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